Sabtu, 30 Juni 2012

"The MD Anderson Manual of Medical Oncology"

Ebook Download | "The MD Anderson Manual of Medical Oncology" | The previous reviewer must have purchased only volume 1. The entire set is a 4 volume series, which comes together when you purchase the book. I found the text useful, and the chapters were written by world experts with a great deal of clinical expertise. I would recommend it as a reference to clinicians or to people studying for the boards.




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King Solomon's Ring

Ebook Download | King Solomon's Ring | "Without supernatural assistance, our fellow creatures can tell us the most beautiful stories, and that means true stories, because the truth about nature is always far more beautiful even than what our great poets sing of it, and they are the only real magicians that exist." This book is wonderful in the original sense of that word, filled with wonder, and this quote from the Preface explains one reason this is so. Another reason is the sense that one is sitting peacefully on a pleasant evening while a true raconteur quietly meanders through his unexpectedly mesmerizing tales.
I originally picked up this book looking for material to liven up a natural history essay on shrews; those tiny overlooked but wide-spread creatures better known as metaphors than animals. This classic book from a legendary naturalist includes one of the very few bits of writing on shrews outside formal scientific literature. Surely, I thought, Lorenz would have something interesting to say. In fact, he had many interesting things to say on shrews. After finding that he could tell an entertaining and informative tale that brought these apparently unexciting animals to life on the page, I naturally had to start back at the beginning and read the book through.
Each chapter treats a different topic and can stands on its own. But read together they bring an understanding greater than their sum. Lorenz's skilled storytelling gradually reveals that what at first appeared to be many different threads are all actually part of one wonderful fabric.




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Generation of cDNA Libraries: Methods and Protocols

Ebook Download | Generation of cDNA Libraries: Methods and Protocols | This is by and large one of the best compendiums of cDNA library generation protocols that I have seen. Detailed protocols for numerous aspects, outlining helpful tips and potential pitfalls. Highly recommended for any lab doing cDNA libraries.




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Developing Children's Emotional Intelligence

Ebook Download | Developing Children's Emotional Intelligence | This is a great book for teachers. There are lots of practical ideas in it that are easy to put into place. I like the emphasis on building EQ into everyday situations but also making special time for it as well. The use of art and drama was very useful to me as I had not done this before with my children so I found that was another way for me to help them deal with the issues they are facing. The book is filled with interesting quotes which are very inspiring. The work of many of EQ's leaders is synthesized and written in a way that all teachers can benefit from. There are also reflective questions which help you as a teacher think about how much you are really doing to develop children's EQ.




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The Washington Manual of Surgical Pathology

Ebook Download | The Washington Manual of Surgical Pathology | I liked this book very much. It is small in size but has a great fund of UPDATED knowledge. It doesn't have pictures or images in its printed format because I think the authors want to make the size of the book small to be handy and not heavy :-). It fits into the pocket of your lab coat. They put all the images in an electronic image bank. I liked the text part of the book as it is very comprehensive and contains the information I need on the sign out and when I want to check for some information quickly. It is really a great book for pathologists.




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Jumat, 29 Juni 2012

Psychological Experiments on the Internet

Ebook Download | Psychological Experiments on the Internet | The web is a wonderful vehicle for communication and interaction. Psychology seems to finally starts to find its own path in the Internet area. This book covers this yet unchartered territory in a clear and comprehensive way and opens up new possibilities that one can't afford to ignore.




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Duelling idiots and other probability puzzlers

Ebook Download | Duelling idiots and other probability puzzlers | Books on probability are often boring. (Remember all those tedious problems involving people obsessed with drawing balls from urns?). In "Duelling Idiots", Nahin actually makes the subject fun by describing offbeat problems with unexpected solutions. If you like solving math puzzles, then this is a great book to look at. If you're teaching a course and want to assign a book that students might actually read, then look no further.




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When Least Is Best

Ebook Download | When Least Is Best | Mr. Nahin states in his preface that 1st year undergraduate math and physics is enough to manage "a lot of mathematics in this book." He is fairly on the mark, discounting my comments about chapter six below. As usual, the reader must keep pencils and scrap paper ready to fully appreciate this book. I hoped to find a book based on applications of math and physics, an engineer's approach. This is one such fascinating book.
I was familiar with the AM-GM inequality technique to find extremas. However, Mr. Nahin dispenses of this method early and shows the reader so much more. And in this book, there is a constant exercise of looking at problems a different way. If you like geometric solutions along with the typical lines of algebraic manipulations, you'll love this book. The first five chapters are packed with problems and solutions with excellent graphic representations. Integration requirements increase throughout.
In finding extremas in chapter six, the author goes beyond ordinary calculus with the calculus of variations including the Euler-Lagrange differential equation and Beltrami's identity. The focus problem is the minimal decent time curve. It is in section 6.4 that the author truly breaks from his stated reader requirements of "high school algebra, trigonometry, and geometry, as well as the elementary integration techniques." I think most authors of this book's scope typically underestimate reader requirements. As for my part, I did not understand the calculus of variations technique on the first reading. After reading sections 6.4 through 6.8 again, I gained an appreciation of how the method works. After one more reading of these sections, I might know just enough to be dangerous. These challenging sections are well written, but a struggle within the stated reader requirements. In various cases, Mr. Nahin works through problems with results generated by computer programs. These are not my favorite problems because I lack access to the high end (very expensive) programs that he uses.
This book is well written and engaging; and it is easier to manage than An Imaginary Tale. This is my second book by Mr. Nahin, and I view him as a favorite author of technical books. In this review, I intentionally avoided mentioning specific problems covered because I do not want to spoil the surprises. I found them all quite fascinating. The reader will see so many real world physics in a different light. I highly recommend this book.




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Cinematic game secrets for creative directors and producers: Inspiredtechniques from industry legends

Ebook Download | Cinematic game secrets for creative directors and producers: Inspired techniques from industry legends | Rather than reviewing my own book (of course I'm gonna give it five stars!), I'd rather tell you why I think you should buy my book. I have five reasons--all of them good. Here we go...
1. As a new/aspiring producer or creative director, it's important to know what it takes to make a new, successful game. In a word, it's making your game 'cinematic.' In more words, it means have a great story, compelling characters, and using sound cinematography techniques. There are chapters on all three of these subjects in the book.
2. You are studying game development/production. What do you know about filmmaking? Probably what you've seen on a few 'behind the scenes' DVD features and read in an 'independent' filmmaking book or two. Not only are aspects of filmmaking covered in my book--it's only the aspects that are relevant to you! And they're explained in that context.
3. Building cross-market appeal. You don't want to just create a game. You want to create a sensation! Books, movies, toys, etc. should be following in the wake of your title's success. How do these deals get made? By creating a truly cinematic game that grabs gamers and has mass popular appeal. Read the book to learn more!
4. You want to be independent. Lets face it, most game development is done as a form of insider trading. Programmers, artists...well, pretty much everyone...are all considered 'contractors' nowadays and jump from project to project, studio to studio, etc. It's all who you know. So you're going to create your own game. My book has chapters on independent game production, as well as making your game...You guessed it: Cinematic!
5. Finally, and lets face it, this is the best reason...The book rocks! It's basic in its approach, but technical when it needs to be. If you're a student, you're going to learn a lot about applying great techniques to your own personal production model. If you're a seasoned vet, you'll get more tools for the 'ole toolbelt. And don't forget, you're getting advice from some true masters of the game industry in this volume: Warren Spector, Noah Falstein, and Richard Rouse III just to name a few!



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Molecular Neuropharmacology: A Foundation for Clinical Neuroscience,Second Edition

Ebook Download | Molecular Neuropharmacology: A Foundation for Clinical Neuroscience, Second Edition | This book has everything I am looking for to have a good perspective of the neurobiology of the main psychiatric disorders, like depression, addiction, psychosis and anxiety. It is easy to understand difficult concept from the neurocircuitry of depression to the neuronal plasticity. It saved me so much time by giving me in a concise manner, the understanding of how research is done in the neurobiology of psychiatric disease. For a clinician like me who likes to give lectures on neurobiology of depression to student or to coleagues from other specialities, it is the perfect tool.




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Kamis, 28 Juni 2012

Optimization: Foundations and Applications

Ebook Download | Optimization: Foundations and Applications | This book carefully describs the fundamental and application of optimization. You can easily find the useful approach when you try to optimize your problem and know how to use it with the help of step-by-step illustration of that approach.




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Color Atlas of Common Oral Diseases

Ebook Download | Color Atlas of Common Oral Diseases | This atlas has the advantage of having sections based on the appearance of the lesions, thus giving you an easy way to look at a group of lesions as you are narrowing down your diagnosis. Each named lesion has a heading for description, etiology, typical visual clues, the differential diagnosis, diagnostic steps, treatment recommendations, suggested follow-up, clincial significance, and other useful clinical information. The photographs are clear and very descriptive. Overall, this is an excellent reference text and it has the advantage of being remarkably reasonably priced considering the rest of the available options. It is also more user friendly and better organized as well. The spiral binding makes it easy to keep the book open while using it, and there are tabbed reference pages for the start of each section; the sections are white lesions, red lesions, ulcerated lesions, blistering/sloughing lesions, pigmented lesions, papillary lesions, and soft tissue enlargements. I returned the atlas that was required for my dental hygiene oral pathology class, and bought this one instead since it is the superior choice.




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Learning XML

Ebook Download | Learning XML | I highly recommend this book if you know HTML and have some exposure to CSS; it's a good intro book to XML, which is what it's intended to be. The end result is that you'll know enough to get started with more technical books, and where to go for available web resources. The reasons that other people have given for not liking this book are some of the same reasons that I find it useful. I'm pretty well-versed in HTML and have some basic understanding of JavaScript and Cascading Style Sheets. This book goes into detail about both and gives comparisons and evolutions that involve XML. I'm about halfway through it at the moment, and it's giving me a clear, not-to-technical view of XML. The other books I have go straight into the code, telling me how but not really explaining the why of everything. That's what makes this book great to me. The first half deals with explanation and presentation, while the last half is more code-heavy. The two other books I have strive to be highly technical, but proved to be a bit overwhelming for me as a complete newbie to the subject of XML.




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Graph Colouring and the Probabilistic Method

Ebook Download | Graph Colouring and the Probabilistic Method | This is definitely for someone who knows graph theory very well and wants to learn the powerful tool of "probabilistic method". As far as I know, this is the second book on the probabilistic method (the first one is by Alon and Spencer). It starts with some simple basic notions and gradually takes you to the heart of some deep (and complicated) results in graph theory. Although the technique can be used in different areas of combinatorics and theoretical computer science, almost all examples and problems in the book are related to graph theory (and specially graph coloring). One of the good points about this book is that they usually provide good intuitions for the proofs before going into their details. If you consider yourself a combinatorist or a theoretical computer scientist and you don't know much about this tool this
book is a good source.




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The Blackwell Guide to Aesthetics

Ebook Download | The Blackwell Guide to Aesthetics | I read this book for a graduate seminar on the philosophy of art. This book is an excellent way to get a general idea of the vast field of philosophy of art. Aesthetics = philosophy of Art, thinking about art. Using writings from over fifty philosophers on art form Plato to Hans-Georg Gadamer gives the reader a great grounding in all of the philosophical theories of "what is art." The reader will find that how we engage art today is different then how the ancient Greeks did, art was embedded in a cultural context for them. Art was not in museums or in dance halls. Art is in a special zone of experience today in museums, etc. Tragedy for Greeks was part of their politics and religion, sculpture and painting the same way. Music until recently, (after the enlightenment) was for religion or some kind of official function. Philosophy tries to come up with theories about art; it may be a fool's errand. A set of principles that define and illuminates or explains the full measure of art is probably not attainable. However, just because a theory is wrong doesn't mean it has no value, we can draw import from all of them. By using excerpts from different philosophers the reader gets a good understanding of the major art movements.
My study has convinced me that Gadamer's hermeneutic circle is the most comprehensive and exciting theory of art that has made a real impression in the art world. I recommend this work for anyone interested in philosophy, philosophy of art. I strongly recommend Gadamer's "Truth and Method" for an in-depth understanding of the hermeneutic circle and its explanation of art.




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Rabu, 27 Juni 2012

Fundamentals of Protein Structure and Function

Ebook Download | Fundamentals of Protein Structure and Function | Dr. Buxbaum presents the basic science of proteins and a survey of proteins categorized by function in a nicely illustrated volume, appropriate for introductory courses. Undergraduate biochemistry, chemistry and molecular biology courses; and graduate-level professional program courses could benefit from using the text as a one-stop presentation of essential material. Four sections cover protein structure, enzymes, special proteins, and membrane transport. There are brief problem sets following chapters, short bios of notable protein scientists, and references and an index provided in the appendices of the textbook. The size of the book is manageable for students.




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Functional Analysis: Applications in Mechanics and Inverse Problems

Ebook Download | Functional Analysis: Applications in Mechanics and Inverse Problems | Aimed at students in applied mathematics, physics, and engineering, this book is of exceptional quality: lucid, self-contained, friendly in style. I believe it represents an unmatched opportunity for modern engineers to learn applied functional analysis. Known for his pioneering work in shell theory, Prof Vorovich was a national prize winner and member of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Highly recommended!




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Indigenizing the Academy: Transforming Scholarship and EmpoweringCommunities (Contemporary Indigenous Issues)

Ebook Download | Indigenizing the Academy: Transforming Scholarship and Empowering Communities (Contemporary Indigenous Issues) | In recent decades, American historians have significantly re-evaluated the role of Native Americans in the continent's history. Largely, of course, this was done by academics who were not themselves of that ethnicity. A roundabout way of saying that most were white, and male, for that matter. But there has also been an increasing number of Natives ascending the academic ladder. First as students, and then as faculty. A decades-long process. It has produced enough people, thus far, to enable the editors to put together this book. Here, the emphasis is not so much on changing a typical view of Natives in history, but instead on the academic environment itself, and how it impacts Natives trying to fit in. Which can be very difficult, as some articles in the book attest. A typical Native student might not have a family tradition of reaching college as a student, let alone as an academic.



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Biostatistical Analysis (5th Edition)

Ebook Download | Biostatistical Analysis (5th Edition) | This book and BIOMETRY by Sokal and Rohlf are the two standard statistics books that live on the shelves of most biological researchers. Zar makes methods and interpretations of statistical analyses accessible and understandable. There are suffient numbers of statistical tests in the text to cover most of my statistical needs. The book also includes its own tables of critical values (something that BIOMETRY does not -- there's a paperback companion book of tables for that book). Zar also includes examples that are easy to follow, as well as enough mathematical background to allow one to understand the hypothetical and much of the mathematics behind the statistical methods. I typically turn to Zar first when I have a statistical question. This book continues to be a highly prized ally of mine in the data analysis game. I highly recommend this book to all biology grad students and researchers. It's well worth the price -- an investment that pays off!




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Multirate Systems And Filter Banks: P. P. Vaidyanathan

Ebook Download | Multirate Systems And Filter Banks: P. P. Vaidyanathan | You'll get in this book a complete treatment of the theory of multirate systems and filter banks. The practical side is not the focus. The large number of examples and figures make it easy to follow (reading it from cover to cover is not that difficult). The intuition beyond the theory is well developed, at the expense of a light mathematical treatment. The geometrical and algebraic view provided by Vaidyanathan is unique and probably deserves to be taught in any DSP course for engineers, even at the introductory level. Signal processingpeople however could find its style too intuitive but engineers should like it as a reference book in these topics.



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